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themadpoker) wrote2010-10-09 08:17 pm
themadpoker) wrote2010-10-09 08:17 pm
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Merlin 3.05: No Seriously, What Is Going On With the Gorlois-Pendragon Family Trees?
Okay SO! As far as I've worked it out the current state of family affairs is:
Morgana: Daughter of Uther and Vivian, half sister to Arthur and Morgause
Arthur: Son of Uther and Igraine, half brother to Morgana
Morgause: Daughter of Vivian and an unknown man who is not Gorlois, half sister to Morgana
Is there any info from the writers/producers on how long Uther and Igraine were married before they had Arthur? Because according to the comments on this post Morgana is confirmed as being 1-2 years older than Arthur. Which means the only way for Uther to NOT have been cheating is for he and Igraine to only have been married up to nine months before deciding to use magic to conceive Arthur. And since he fathered Morgana he would've known their lack of success was due to Ygraine being barren. And I know this show is set in pseudo-medieval times and it was important for the king to have a legitimate heir but a year is not a whole lot of time to wait before deciding you're going to go ahead and use the dangerous magical solution to the problem. So any way you slice it Uther comes off really horrible which is absolutely shocking really. -.-
Mostly though I am just really confused about why Morgause had to be smuggled out of Camelot. She's clearly older than Morgana which means she was born way before the great purges so it can't be because she showed signs of having magic. And I got the impression that Uther wanted her dead since Gaius apparently smuggled her at great risk to himself. Does it relate somehow to whoever her father was? :l The sucky thing is I am pretty sure the show is just never going to explain this.
Morgana: Daughter of Uther and Vivian, half sister to Arthur and Morgause
Arthur: Son of Uther and Igraine, half brother to Morgana
Morgause: Daughter of Vivian and an unknown man who is not Gorlois, half sister to Morgana
Is there any info from the writers/producers on how long Uther and Igraine were married before they had Arthur? Because according to the comments on this post Morgana is confirmed as being 1-2 years older than Arthur. Which means the only way for Uther to NOT have been cheating is for he and Igraine to only have been married up to nine months before deciding to use magic to conceive Arthur. And since he fathered Morgana he would've known their lack of success was due to Ygraine being barren. And I know this show is set in pseudo-medieval times and it was important for the king to have a legitimate heir but a year is not a whole lot of time to wait before deciding you're going to go ahead and use the dangerous magical solution to the problem. So any way you slice it Uther comes off really horrible which is absolutely shocking really. -.-
Mostly though I am just really confused about why Morgause had to be smuggled out of Camelot. She's clearly older than Morgana which means she was born way before the great purges so it can't be because she showed signs of having magic. And I got the impression that Uther wanted her dead since Gaius apparently smuggled her at great risk to himself. Does it relate somehow to whoever her father was? :l The sucky thing is I am pretty sure the show is just never going to explain this.